欄干・闌干・欄杆・欄檻|らんかんrankan[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounrailing; guard rail; handrail; banister; balustrade; parapet
   州しゅう警察けいさつのジャネット・ウェルプ広報官こうほうかんによれば、そのトラックは州間しゅうかん高速道路こうそくどうろ３０号線ごうせん沿そいの橋はしの欄干らんかんに激突げきとつして止とまったとのことです。↗

   State police spokeswoman Janet Welp says the truck wound up crashing into a bridge railing along Interstate 30.
2. taru-adjective, adverb (with と)(shining) brightly (of the moon or stars)
3. taru-adjective, adverb (with と)(flowing) endlessly (of tears)

• Synonym手すりてすりNeutralEveryday word for a handrail, typically the bar you grip along stairs or corridors; broader in use than 「欄干」.
• Related高欄こうらんWrittenWritten term for the upturned railings on palace and shrine-temple corridors; carries a classical-architecture flavor.

Use 「欄干」 for railings on bridges and balconies, as in 「橋の欄干」; say 「手すり」 for stair handrails, and 「高欄」 for the upturned railings of shrines, temples and palaces.

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1. 転落てんらくを防ふせぐために橋はしやベランダの外側そとがわに設置せっちされた手てすり高だかの柵さく。